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Converting from imperial units

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acres 0.4046856 hectares
acres 43560.0 * square feet
acres 4046.856 square meters
acres 0.0015625* square miles
acres 4840.0* square yards
feet 30.48* centimeters
feet 0.0003048* kilometers
feet² 0.3048* meters
feet U.S. survey foot 0.304800609601º meters
feet 0.00018939394 miles
feet 304.8* millimeters
square feet 0.000022956 acres
square feet 929.0304* square centimeters
square feet 0.09290304* square meters
square feet 0.00000003587 square miles
inches 2.54* centimeters
inches 0.0254* meters
inches 0.000015782 miles
inches 25.4* millimeters
inches 0.027777778 yards
square inches 6.4516* square centimeters
square inches 0.00064516* square meters
square inches 645.16* square millimeters
miles 160934.4* centimeters
miles 5280.0* feet
miles 63360.0* inches
miles 1.609344* kilometers
miles 1609.344* meters
miles 1760.0* yards
miles 1.15077945 nautical miles³
square miles 640.0* acres
square miles 27878400.0* square feet
square miles 2.589988110647 square kilometers
yards 914.4* millimeters
yards 91.44* centimeters
yards 0.0009144* kilometers
yards 0.9144* meters
yards 0.000568182 miles
square yards 0.000206611 acres
square yards 0.83612736* square meters
square yards 0.0000003228305 square miles
Converting from metric units
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centimeters 0.03280839895 feet
centimeters 0.3937007874 inches
centimeters 0.00001* kilometers
centimeters 0.01* meters
centimeters 0.000006213711922 miles
centimeters 10.0* millimeters
centimeters 0.01093613298 yards
square centimeters 0.001076391042 square feet
square centimeters 0.15500031 square inches
hectares 2.471054073 acres
hectares 107639.1042 square feet
kilometers 1000000.0* millimeters
kilometers 100000.0* centimeters
kilometers 1000.0* meters
kilometers 1093.613298 yards
kilometers 3280.839895 feet
kilometers 39370.07874 inches
kilometers 0.6213711922 miles
square kilometers 247.1054 acres
square kilometers 10763910.42 square feet
square kilometers 0.386102158496 square miles
meters 100.0* centimeters
meters 3.280839895 feet
meters 3.28083333333¹ feet U.S.survey foot
meters 39.37007874 inches
meters 0.001* kilometers
meters 0.0006213711922 miles
meters 1000.0* millimeters
meters 1.093613298 yards
square meters 0.0002471054 acres
square meters 10.76391042 square feet
square meters 0.0000003861003 square miles
millimeters 0.1* centimeters
millimeters 0.003280839 feet
millimeters 0.03937007874 inches
millimeters 0.000001* kilometers
millimeters 0.001* meters
millimeters 0.0000006213711922 miles
millimeters 0.001093613298 yards
square millimeters 0.00001076391042 square feet

Converting geographic (angular) units


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degrees 1.111111111 grads
degrees 0.017453292 radians
grads 0.9* degrees
grads 0.015707963 radians
radians 57.2958 degrees
radians 63.662 grads
U.S. survey foot
U.S. survey values
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acres 0.4046873 hectares
acres 10.0* square chains
acres 43560.0* square feet
acres 4046.873 square meters
acres 0.0015625* square miles
acres 160.0* square rods
chains 66.0* feet
chains 100.0* links
chains 20.11684 meters
chains 0.0125* miles
chains 4.0* rods
square chains 0.1* acres
square chains 0.04046873 hectares
square chains 4356.0* square feet
square chains 404.6873 square meters
square chains 0.00015625* square miles
square chains 16.0* square rods
feet 0.01515152 chains
feet 1.515152 links
feet 0.304800609601º meters
feet 0.00018939394 miles
feet 0.06060606 rods
square feet 0.00002295684 acres
square feet 0.000009290341 hectares
square feet 0.00000003587006 sections
square feet 0.0002295684 square chains
square feet 0.09290341 square meters
square feet 0.00000003587006 square miles
square feet 0.003673095 square rods
square feet 0.0000000009963907 townships
hectares 2.471044 acres
hectares 24.71044 square chains
hectares 107638.7 square feet
hectares 10000.0* square meters
hectares 0.003861006 square miles
hectares 395.367 square rods
links 0.01* chains
links 0.66* feet
links 0.2011684 meters
links 0.000125* miles
links 0.04* rods
meters 0.0497096 chains
meters 3.28083333333¹ feet
meters 4.97096 links
meters 0.0006213699 miles
meters 0.1988384 rods
square meters 0.0002471044 acres
square meters 0.0001* hectares
square meters 0.0000003861006 sections
square meters 0.002471044 square chains
square meters 10.76387 square feet
square meters 0.0000003861006 square miles
square meters 0.0395367 square rods
square meters 0.000000010725 townships
miles 80.0* chains
miles 5280.0* feet
miles 8000.0* links
miles 1609.347 meters
miles 320.0* rods
square miles 640.0* acres
square miles 258.9998 hectares
square miles 1.0* sections
square miles 6400.0* square chains
square miles 27878400.0* square feet
square miles 2589998 square meters
square miles 102400.0* square rods
square miles 0.027777778 townships
rods 0.25* chains
rods 16.5* feet
rods 25.0* links
rods 5.02921 meters
rods 0.003125* miles
square rods 0.00625* acres
square rods 0.002529295 hectares
square rods 0.00625* square chains
square rods 272.25* square feet
square rods 25.29295 square meters
square rods 0.000009765625* square miles
sections 27878400.0* square feet
sections 2589998 square meters
sections 1.0* square miles
sections 0.027777778 townships
townships 36.0* sections
townships 1003622400.0* square feet
townships 93239945 square meters
townships 36.0* square miles

* Constants are exact.

º A coordinate system in ‘U.S. survey feet’ may be converted to a coordinate system in meters by
scaling the system to a scale factor of 0.304800609601. An exact conversion can be accomplished
by multiplying ‘U.S. survey feet’ by the fraction 1200/3937.

¹ A coordinate system in meters may be converted to a coordinate system in ‘U.S. survey feet’ by
scaling the system to a scale factor of 3.28083333333. An exact conversion can be accomplished
by multiplying meters by the fraction 3937/1200.

² The foot is one-third of the Imperial standard yard, which is defined to be 0.9144 meters, exactly.
Thus the foot is defined as 0.3048 meters, exactly.

³ Represents the international nautical mile and also the U.S. nautical mile. The international
nautical mile is defined to be 1852 meters, exactly. However, the U.K. nautical mile is defined
to be the average distance on the earth’s surface subtended by one minute of latitude,
thus being 6080 feet, exactly, or 1853.184 meters, exactly.

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